California-based M.C.I. Foods Inc. is recalling roughly 91,585 pounds of ready-to-eat breakfast burrito and wrap products containing eggs due to concerns these items may be contaminated with listeria monocytogenes (Lm) bacteria, the Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) said in an announcement on Oct. 18.
The products were sold under the labels El Mas Fino, Los Cabos, and Midamar. The items, manufactured between Sept. 17 and Oct. 14, were shipped to food service institutions across the United States and included in the USDA’s national school lunch and breakfast programs.
The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) is a federally assisted meal program operating in public schools, nonprofit private schools, and residential child care institutions, while the School Breakfast Program (SBP) provides reimbursements to states that run nonprofit breakfast programs in schools….